Service dress tunic : New South Wales Volunteer Artillery

Dark blue superfine tunic with red stand collar edged with round silver cord, with a small silver grenade artillery badge at each end. Shoulder straps of dark blue superfine, piped with red wool and fastened with a single silver New South Wales Military Forces button. Sleeve cuffs decorated with round silver cord Austrian knots and on right sleeve, two silver lace chevrons for the rank of corporal. Nine silver New South Wales Military Forces buttons made by 'C. ANDERSON, SYDNEY' at front, two at back waist and three at each of the two sword flaps at back skirt. Left front, right skirt, sword flaps and back skirt vent, all piped with red wool. Lower edge of tunic left raw. Body of tunic lined with drab partially quilted wool and cotton mixture, although centre back panel has been re-lined with stiff khaki brown cotton. Skirt lined with black cotton sateen. Concealed pocket inside left breast. Sleeves lined with striped cotton twill and collar with olive wool and cotton mixture. Grenade collar badges attached through lining with strips of black cotton tape. Tailor's label at back neck from 'C. ANDERSON, OXFORD ST.'. Single metal hook and eye at neck and metal belt hook at tunic waist.

Tunic worn by a corporal in the New South Wales Volunteer Artillery. In 1873 there were nine batteries of artillery in New South Wales; one permanent and eight volunteer. This grew to eleven batteries in all when a partially paid system was introduced in 1878. The volunteers wore silver braid and buttons on their tunics while the permanent artillery wore gold.

• Service dress trousers : New South Wales Volunteer Artillery